One of the darkest and most controversial time periods in American History, the involvement of the United States in Vietnam caused drastic cultural changes within the American nation.1 Americans commonly regard the war in Vietnam as a gruesome and brutal war that was a complete failure for the United States armed forces. ... One of the most significant aspects of this war that made it differ from other wars throughout American history was the lack of support from the American people. ... A great deal of the anti-war movements were a result of the media's inaccurate portrayal of the war. ....

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Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. ... It was the first war televised, making people more aware of what was happening overseas. ... Never in history has so much power been used so ineffectively as in the war in Vietnam. ... With the Cold War, the United States had promised to keep communism from spreading. ... The bigger issue was the Cold War. ...

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In the sixties the "Cold War" was heating up. ... Many feel that because of Kennedy's aggression that perhaps WW1 or a Nuclear war was avoided. ... At 1:00PM, he was pronounced dead; he had never regained consciousness. ... In March of 1964, President Johnson declares war on poverty. ... the federal communications commission voted 6 to 1 to ban cigarette advertising on radio and tv. ...

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Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for the first civil rights movement that occurred after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. ... Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Suffragists under Catt threatened to discharge their traditional duties as homemakers and mothers in the increasingly public world ...

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During World War II, at 2:30 a.m. on August 2, 1943, Kennedy's boat, PT-109, was hit by a Japanese ship in the South Pacific. ... On March 1, 1961 Kennedy's creation of the Peace Corps was accepted. ... The main purpose it served at the time was to create peace throughout many countries during the Cold War. ... The reason Latin Americans were fed up with the United States was that they felt the United States did not give them enough economic assistance after World War II as they did for countries like Japan and in Europe. ... Unfortunately, this plan was not a success because North V...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. ... February 1, 1960, four college freshmen ask to be served at a segregated lunch counter but are denied. ... And here, on the sidewalk outside was a gang of white boys come to heckle, a ragtag rabble, slack-jawed, black-jacketed, grinning fit to kill, and some of them, God save the mark, were wearing the proud and honored flag of the Southern States in the last war fought by gentlemen. ... It brought about new support for the Civil Rights M...

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